Title: Parse error on line 3
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Parse error on line 3

 *  Resolved [studoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studoc/)
 * (@studoc)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-line-3/)
 * Hi,
    This is the first time I have tried to install WordPress. I have uploaded
   everything with changes as required to my hosts server.
 * The first time, I tried to login, I got an error message saying I needed to check
   the database was set-up correctly. That has now been fixed, after I contacted
   my hosts. But I am still waiting to see my login-in page on the following page
   where I installed:
 * [http://emarketingstudio.co.uk/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php](http://emarketingstudio.co.uk/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php)
 * But now I get the following error message:
 * ‘Parse error: parse error, unexpected T_STRING in D:\resellers\newwwwroot\StuDoc\
   www\wordpress\wp-config.php on line 3’
 * I have asked my hosts tech support, but they have said that will charge a minimum
   of an hour to fix it, but the problem shouldn’t take an hour to fix and I’m determined
   to install it on my own (with a little guidance, of course).
 * Can anyone help me, please?
 * Thanks!
 * Stuart

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-line-3/#post-341774)
 * So what do you have on line 3 in the config file?
 *  Thread Starter [studoc](https://wordpress.org/support/users/studoc/)
 * (@studoc)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-line-3/#post-341941)
 * Hi,
    Thanks for your response. I’ve seen what I have done and I’ve sorted it 
   now.
 * I put my WordPress username in inverted comma’s rather than using a single apostrophe.
 * Though I may be back with another problem yet.
 * Cheers anyway!
 * Stuart
 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-line-3/#post-341943)
 * _I put my WordPress username in inverted commas…_
    Were you editing it in MS 
   Word? 😉

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 * Last activity: [20 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/parse-error-on-line-3/#post-341943)
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